Coach and bus operators · Shropshire
Coach companies in Shrewsbury
Bus and coach operator licences (PSV) in the DVSA file dated 7 October 2026 with an operating centre in Shrewsbury, Shropshire: fleet size, licence type, earned recognition and company status.
Check a coach or bus company’s PSV licence before you book: 11 companies hold a PSV operator licence with an operating centre in Shrewsbury; the largest fleet is Arriva Midlands North Ltd (195 vehicles authorised).
- Coach and bus companies
- 11
- PSV licences
- 13
- Vehicles on these licences
- 451
- Earned recognition
- 2
Coach and bus companies in Shrewsbury
Companies and organisations with a PSV operator licence and an operating centre in Shrewsbury, largest fleet first. The vehicle count is the whole licence’s authorisation; “sites here” counts its operating centres in Shrewsbury. Company status comes from the Companies House register.
| # | Operator | Sites here | Vehicles | Checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arriva Midlands North LtdStandard National · 01556305 | 1 | 195 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 2 | Lakeside Coaches LimitedStandard International · 04370527 | 1 | 100 | Earned recognitionActive |
| 3 | Minsterley Motors LtdStandard International · 13176328 | 3 | 38 | Active |
| 4 | A T Brown (Coaches) LtdStandard National · 00683423 | 1 | 32 | Active |
| 5 | Longmynd Travel LtdStandard National · 04589259 | 1 | 22 | Active |
| 6 | R E Morris & Sons LtdStandard National · 03759163 | 1 | 17 | Active |
| 7 | Babcock Aerospace LimitedStandard National · 03887962 | 1 | 11 | Active |
| 8 | Inspired Learning Group (UK) LimitedStandard National · 01550681 | 1 | 10 | Active |
| 9 | R D & G I Owen LimitedStandard National · 09229545 | 1 | 10 | Active |
| 10 | Adcote School LimitedStandard National · 10067403 | 1 | 8 | Active |
| 11 | Regional Transport LtdStandard National · 09135829 | 1 | 5 | Active |
Plus 2 PSV licences for sole traders and partnerships: counted, not named.
Licence types and fleet sizes
23% of the 13 PSV licences here authorise five vehicles or fewer; the median is 11. A restricted PSV licence covers two vehicles at most, and 9 to 16 seat vehicles only outside a passenger transport business: a full-size coach firm needs a standard licence.
- Standard National PSV10 77%
- Standard International PSV2 15%
- Restricted PSV1 8%
Before you book a coach in Shrewsbury
Anyone who runs a vehicle for hire or reward that can carry 9 or more passengers needs a PSV operator licence (GOV.UK). Ask the company for its licence number, open its page here and check that the licence is valid and that the vehicles you need fit its authorisation.
DVSA file 7 Oct 2026Source: DVSA operator licence data, file dated , read . We last checked DVSA for a newer file on 10 October 2026. How we read it
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